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On the Probable Error of Sampling in Soil Surveys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

G. W. Robinson  and
W. E. Lloyd
G. W. Robinson
Affiliation:
Adviser in Agricultural Chemistry,
W. E. Lloyd
Affiliation:
Research Scholar, University College of North Wales, Bangor.
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The following paper records experiments made to determine the magnitude of the error involved in the sampling of a soil for survey purposes. While it is not held that the results obtained are true for all localities, they serve to indicate the order of magnitude of the various errors.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , September 1915 , pp. 144 - 153
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1915

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page 145 note 1 Trans. Chem. Soc. 1902, p. 883.

page 145 note 2 Since sending in this paper, the authors have seen a paper by Pfeiffer and Blanok, Landw. Versuchs. Stat. LXXVIII. Working on the nitrogen content of an experimental field, they obtained a field error of 2·5 per cent. This was, however, over a small area and the result is scarcely of service for survey purposes.

page 148 note 1 In mechanical analyses this error will be much greater if the temperature of sedimentation is not constant, owing to viscosity changes.

page 152 note 1 This Journal, Vol. III. p. 429.Google Scholar